Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- explain the different phases and main methods of the development of a software product
- explain the concepts class hierarchy, inheritance, and polymorphism, and utilize these in software development
- discuss the possibilities of parallel programming
- apply exception handling mechanisms
- design, implement and document a simple user interface application.

Content

- object-oriented structures
- error handling with exceptions
- threads
- database connection
- software development process and methods
- UML diagrams

Materials

Programming tools used:

Examples and model answers are presented using Spyder for editing, managing modules and files, executing code in the console, and checking the code style.

Links to recommended reading and exercises:
SoloLearn

This course covers SoloLearn (Android , IOS) Learn Python 3 module Object-Oriented Programming sub modules 1-9

Python.org

Python tutorial chapter 9

Python 3.7.3 documentation

Documentation

w3schools


w3schools topics Python Classes/Objects, Python Inheritance, Python Modules

Recommended literature:
Python 3 Object Oriented Programming by Dusty Phillips, ISBN-13: 978-1849511261


Learning Python: Powerfull Object-Oriented Programing, 5th Edition, by Mark Lutz

Mastering object-oriented Python : grasp the intricacies of object-oriented programming in Python in order to efficiency build powerful real-world applications by Steven F. Lott

International connections

learning by programming

Completion alternatives

The course can be compensated with an exam 18.1.2022 12.15-16.00. Enrol via email by 15.1.2022 and tell which programming language you will use e.g. java, python, C#, ...

Student workload

reading the material 10* 3 h= 30 h
doing the network exercises 10* 3 h= 30 h
doing the programming exercises 10* 4 h= 40 h
project 35 h
total 135 h student work

Content scheduling

The learning is based on doing
- network exercises
- programming exercises
- to support the learning there are weekly introductory videoed lectures on the topic and exercises
- weekly labs for presenting the exercises and getting support prior to returning the exercises
- programming project work

Further information

the course uses itslearning as learning platform

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is completely based on exercises.
- 40% network exercises
- 40% programming exercises NOTE! exercises returned late are not assessed
- 20% programming project

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

< 40% of assessed exercises

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

40-59%

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

60-79%

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

>80%